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Necessary Evil

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Necessary Evil

Summary

Necessary Evil is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Necessary Evil's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Necessary Evil's genre is death metal[4].
  • Necessary Evil was followed by Playing God and Other Short Stories[5].
  • Necessary Evil was produced by Salem[6].
  • Necessary Evil was performed by Salem[7].
  • Necessary Evil's record label is recorded as Season of Mist[8].
  • Necessary Evil was published on 2007[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[10]

  • First release date: 2007-06-04[11]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal, nu metal, rock, technical death metal, thrash metal[12]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal, nu metal, progressive death metal, rock, technical death metal, thrash metal[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d1e76b1e-c09c-3102-8bd4-8a1fd0b71b1d[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Necessary Evil was Salem[7]. It was produced by Salem[6].

Publication

Necessary Evil was released on 2007[9]. Its genre is death metal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Necessary Evil was followed by Playing God and Other Short Stories[5].

Why It Matters

Necessary Evil ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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